“The Mallow Leans toward the Sun” is excerpted with permission from Casey’s longer work titled “Maybe an Iris.”

Helen Marie Casey has lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts, for 35 years and has learned to love New England's seasons and heritage with an unanticipated passion. Her chapbooks include Fragrance Upon His Lips, a series of poems about Joan of Arc,and Inconsiderate Madness, a series of poems about Mary Dyer. She has also written a biography about one of Sudbury's artists, My Dear Girl: The Art of Florence Hosmer.

Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio

Old Frog Pond Farm is one of the only a pick your own certified organic orchards in Massachusetts. Located in Harvard, MA, the farm is open for pick your own apples and raspberries late August to Columbus Day.